Posts: 3,342
Threads: 151
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
14
Location: Rotherham
Car Model/Spec: 306 D-turbo
Thanks: 1
Given 0 thank(s) in 0 post(s)
Some may have seen in my progress thread that my headgasket has gone so I'm replacing the engine with my 80k spare one
What do I change while its out?
Cambelt and tensioners
May do the water pump while its out
Oil and filters
Anything else I should do / change
I'm going to chop the air con pipes out while the engines out
Team Doesn't own a 306
Posts: 1,766
Threads: 252
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
7
Location: Sheffield/Leeds
Car Model/Spec: Xud sedan/Xud estate
Thanks: 2
Given 2 thank(s) in 2 post(s)
I have replaced everything really. Gearbox seals, pinchbolts, cleaned all the steering rack, subframe, painted the bay up, new mounts and so on just because I cba doing it again in afew months but enginewise just belts as its a bitch to get to the aux belt when its in the car so I'd dred a cambelt
TD04 11mm Sedan, now 2.1 vnt
Sedan Project
http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-5763.html
Provence Dturbo Dead
Blaze 1.6 Dead
China 5dr '6 Death by cambelt failure
Matt White HDI estate Death by wiring
Sedan Dturbo aka triggers broom
Diablo estate Dturbo Living dead
Posts: 8,019
Threads: 374
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
38
Location: Isle of Wight
Car Model/Spec: GTI 6
Thanks: 8
Given 16 thank(s) in 14 post(s)
in fairness, oil maybe easier to change once the engine is in; if your engine isn't on a stand, draining oil and moving an engine is an absoloute pita once on the ground.
Posts: 15,646
Threads: 541
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
124
Location: Aylesbury
Car Model/Spec: 320bhp Impreza WRX
Thanks: 7
Given 59 thank(s) in 58 post(s)
As above, EVERYTHING you can afford!
I could happily spend £500 on doing bits while the engine is out as theyer so easy to do while its out.
In no particular order things you should consider:
Full service; Oil, air and fuel filters and the oil itself.
Belts; cam belt, aux belt, all new tensioners and replace the water pump.
Seals; Inlet manifold gasket, exhaust manifold gasket, both crank seals, gearbox input and output seals, rocker cover gasket.
Full set of engine mounts.
All new coolant.
Set of decent glow plugs.
Brand new main earths and power cables.
Gear box oil.
PAS Fluid.
Water pipe O rings.
And actually the PITA water pipes so new matrix hoses and the one that runs alongside the engine.
Posts: 3,342
Threads: 151
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
14
Location: Rotherham
Car Model/Spec: 306 D-turbo
Thanks: 1
Given 0 thank(s) in 0 post(s)
I haven't got a unlimited budget so some things I won't change.
Ill change all the belts and good shout on the gearbox seals
How do you go about the crank seals?
Some good things to change there that I haven't even thought about!
Team Doesn't own a 306
Posts: 20,092
Threads: 591
Joined: Nov 2012
Reputation:
54
Location: Cotswolds
Car Model/Spec: Stage 13 16v HDi
Thanks: 22
Given 68 thank(s) in 68 post(s)
Inlet, exhaust and cam cover gaskets are real cheap
Posts: 866
Threads: 61
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
4
Thanks: 0
Given 6 thank(s) in 5 post(s)
Id change the cambelt, waterpump, clutch, gearbox oil seals atleast. its quite obvious that you need to change all the fluids aswell as hey need to all be drained when the old engine comes out
Posts: 3,342
Threads: 151
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
14
Location: Rotherham
Car Model/Spec: 306 D-turbo
Thanks: 1
Given 0 thank(s) in 0 post(s)
Inlet gasket will be changed when I put different turbo on and may as well change the rocker gasket
Any major things to change while the engines out that would be a pain to do while its in there
Team Doesn't own a 306
Posts: 1,487
Threads: 119
Joined: Apr 2012
Reputation:
5
Location: Buckingham
Car Model/Spec: MG ZS180
Thanks: 0
Given 0 thank(s) in 0 post(s)
I changed my belts and tensioners, driveshaft seals.